CameraIcon

SearchIcon

MyQuestionIcon

72

You visited us 72 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Quantitative Aptitude

Mixture & Alligations

A dishonest m...

Question

A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price, but mixes water in the milk and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:

A

25 %

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

B

40 %

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

C

10 %

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

D

20 %

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is D
20 %

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

5

Similar questions

Q. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains

25

%. The percentage of water in the mixture is

Q. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost price but he mixes water and earns 14(2/7)%. Find the ratio of mixture and milk in the mixture?

Q. Q36) A trader claims to sell jeera at cost price but mixes freely available sand and thereby gains 25%. What is the percentage of sand in the mixture?

Q. A milkman buys milk at Rs.

25

per litre and adds

\frac{1}{4}

of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs.

25

per litre. His gain (in %) is:

Q. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain

16 \frac{2}{3}

% on selling the mixture at cost price?

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

Averages and Alligations Concepts

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Mixture & Alligations

Other Quantitative Aptitude

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon